The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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18 But with one voice they shouted, "Away with this man! Give us Bar-Abba!"
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But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
19 (He was a man who had been thrown in prison for causing a riot in the city and for murder.) Pilat
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(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
20 appealed to them again, because he wanted to release Yeshua.
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Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again.
21 But they yelled, "Put him to death on the stake! Put him to death on the stake!
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But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
22 A third time he asked them, "But what has this man done wrong? I haven't found any reason to put him to death. So I'm going to have him flogged and set free."
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For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”
23 But they went on yelling insistently, demanding that he be executed on the stake; and their shouting prevailed.
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But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
24 Pilate decided to grant their demand;
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So Pilate decided to grant their demand.
25 he released the man who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder, the one they had asked for; and Yeshua he surrendered to their will.
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He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
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